I just ordered one of these for $125 + $75 core.
It's backordered for 2 months but whatever. I heard from a GX owner that they aren't necessarily using OEM boots and that boots failed on at least one axle within a few thousand miles. That got me thinking about a few things.
If they're paying $75 for my core and charging me $125 for the reman, where's the money in this transaction? Also if my cost for an OEM boot kit is $35 then Toyota cost is probably like $7. Why would they use non-oem boots? Again with labor there's not much meat in there. They must be using an outside shop to reman
Also if they'll take an aftermarket core what keeps that core from being put back into the reman program?
Do the OEM boots have an easy way to identify them?
I'm really tempted to install this axle assuming it checks out as OEM and then throw a boot kit at my stock axle and keep as a spare.